奥数

奧數
àoshù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 math olympiad / olympiad mathematics
  2. 2 competition math (training)

Examples

Xiǎoxué sān niánjí jiù kāishǐ bǔ àoshù.
They start olympiad-math tutoring in third grade.
Tā àoshù ná guò quánguó yī děng jiǎng.
He won a national first prize in math olympiad.
Shuāngjiǎn zhīhòu, àoshù péixùnbān jīhū dōu guānmén le.
After the "double reduction" policy, almost all math-olympiad prep schools shut down.

Tips

culture
Short for 奥林匹克数学 (Olympic math). Once a massive after-school tutoring industry in China; heavily curtailed by the 2021 "双减" (double-reduction) policy on private tutoring.

Stroke Order

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